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262<br />

It’s joyful, the sound of songs; (however) our hearts are full of sorrow.<br />

Her emîn heta ev sale xewneke bişên bijîn.<br />

It’s still us until this year, a dream you can live with.<br />

Wek hemî xelkên cîhanê, wan sinûra ji xo vedîn. 40<br />

Like all people of the world, we separate those borders from us.<br />

Xewneke bişêm bibînim―devrê dilê min xast.<br />

It’s a dream that I can see―the place my heart requested.<br />

Nabitin bu me bibînîn jêr u jur u çep u rast.<br />

It’s impossible for us to see it from bottom and top and left and right.<br />

Nabitin bu me tewafa ew cihê lê Mem u Zîn.<br />

We can’t go and worship the place of Mem and Zîn. 183<br />

Nabitin evro biburîn ji tuxîbê Xanîqîn.<br />

It’s impossible today for us to pass from the danger of Khanaqeen.<br />

Nabitin biçim nik Xanî bu vekim dilê bi xwîn. 45<br />

I can’t go near Xanî and open for (him) my heart with blood (sadness).<br />

Nabitin biçim Dêrsîmê bikelêşim dilê bi evîn.<br />

I can’t go to Derseem and break in two pieces my heart with love.<br />

Dergehê jîn u hîvîa girtîe dîsa çima?<br />

The door of life and hopes is closed again, why?<br />

Ma ji jîna kurte? Jîn bit. Ma ji ‘emrê me çi ma?<br />

Is it a short life? It's life. What has remained from our life?<br />

183 Mem and Zîn are the main characters in one of the most famous pieces of Kurdish literature, the epic<br />

poem Mem u Zîn, written by Ehmedî Xanî, who is mentioned in line 45.

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